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Civilization, in the real sense of the term, consists not in the multiplication, but in the deliberate and voluntary reduction of wants.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Mahatma Gandhi
Age: 78 †
Born: 1869
Born: October 2
Died: 1948
Died: January 30
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Civil Rights Advocate
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Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
M. K. Gandhi
Mohandas K Gandhi
M K Gandhi
Mohandas Gandhi
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